Umm, to be honest, it's just the looks really. They've tinted the neck so it's more vintage looking, its changed the headstock decals, moved the serial number to the back of the headstock, put on a parchment pickguard rather than white, and yeah.

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Actually also the pickups and hardware have been upgraded as well. Better tuners, heavy bridge block, etc. However though better than the previous stuff they are not great either. Better than before and totally acceptable though. As soon as I got my 09 MIM I changed all the hardware except for the bridge and swapped all the electronics. It will outplay a USA Standard now. Doing the same to my MIM Tele as we speak.